Roy Keane: ‘I always admire people who enjoy the physical side of the game’

Nowadays he admits to tearing his hair out watching “lazy” midfielders who shirk responsibility and opt for safety first in their passing.

It is probably the most celebrated tackle in Irish football history, the crunching challenge on Marc Overmars which dumped the Arsenal man on the turf, seemed to rattle the whole Dutch team and certainly set the tone for a battling performance which would eventually see a 10-man Ireland beat the Netherlands 1-0 in a crucial World Cup qualifier at Lansdowne Road in 2001, writes Liam Mackey.

However, 16 years on, Roy Keane is still wondering what all the fuss was about.